Mirapecten tuberosus Dijkstra and Kilburn 2001 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn. 2001. The family Pectinidae in South Africa and Mozambique (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea). African Invertebrates 42:263-321
Belongs to Mirapecten according to H. H. Dijkstra and R. N. Kilburn 2001
Sister taxa: Mirapecten cranmerorum, Mirapecten mirificus, Mirapecten moluccensis, Mirapecten rastellum
Type specimen: D6476/T1725, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mirapecten tuberosus in the database
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